Halichoth Olam [Talmudic methodology and commentary to the Thirteen Divine Attributes of Mercy]. Introduction to the Talmud by Samuel HaNagid on ff. 38-9

HALEVI, JOSHUA BEN JOSEPH.

Judah ben Joseph Bulat

Constantinople

1510

Second edition. Title within ornate historiated white-on-black woodcut border. Scattered marginalia in an early 16th-century hand

Vinograd, Const. 20; Yaari, Const. 9; Mehlman 744; not in Adams

In an afterword on the final leaf (excluded in later editions) the printer (author of Kelal Katzer) extols the virtues of this work He states “it will guide the student upon the proper path and rescue him from the opinions of haughty imbeciles who loudly proclaim their mistaken notions whilst seeking power and authority.” In this second edition (the first was published in Leiria, 1490), the editor states he used earlier manuscripts to correct the voluminous errors contained in the first edition “which had cast the honor of this work to the ground”.